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Kelly Clarkson on Writing About Divorce

2023/9/22
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Kelly Clarkson: 创作关于离婚的歌曲比创作其他类型的歌曲更难，因为她的生活非常公开，无法隐藏在隐喻中。她早期歌曲的写作风格适合当时的年龄和人生阶段，而《Chemistry》专辑的写作风格更加成熟，因为她经历了婚姻破裂这一重大事件。《Chemistry》专辑的歌曲是在她经历离婚的真实时间里创作的，反映了她当时犹豫不决和矛盾的心情。专辑中歌曲展现了她离婚过程中犹豫不决、尝试再次开始以及最终做出决定的过程。面对心碎，幽默是一种疗伤机制，可以帮助她从痛苦中走出来。她一直以来都擅长在现实不如意时，通过创作来进行情感的处理和表达。她对爱情的体验并不总是顺利，这影响了她创作爱情歌曲的方式，使其带有悲伤和反思的色彩。她的音乐风格是多种音乐风格的融合，并非单一风格。她热爱主持脱口秀节目，因为它让她有机会与观众交流，并分享她喜欢的音乐。 Hanif Abdurraqib: 对谈中，Hanif Abdurraqib 更多的是引导 Kelly Clarkson 分享创作背后的故事和心路历程，并对她的创作进行评价和赞赏。他肯定了 Kelly Clarkson 在歌曲创作上的才华和进步，并对专辑中展现的情感深度和多样性给予了高度评价。

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Kelly Clarkson discusses the evolution of her songwriting on her latest album 'Chemistry', which deals with her divorce. She reflects on the challenges of writing openly about personal experiences and how her writing has matured due to the circumstances.

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Twenty years after her breakout on “American Idol,” Kelly Clarkson released an album called “Chemistry” that deals with the long arc of a relationship and her recent divorce. She sat down to talk with Hanif Abdurraqib, a music writer passionate about the craft of songwriting. “This literally was written in real time,” Clarkson reflects. “That was me being indecisive. Man, I have kids. Do I want to do this? Can I try again?” But writing about divorce as one of the best-known celebrities in America is very different from a young artist’s heartbreak anthem. “It’s easy to hide in metaphors when it’s not the biggest thing that’s ever happened,” she says. “Everyone’s going to know. Unfortunately my life is very public, especially in the rough times.” 

Plus, Robert Samuels, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer on politics and race, shares his secret indulgence: watching classic figure-skating routines on YouTube.